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The Florists^ Review 



July 1, 1920 



GREENHOUSES 



KING CONSTRUCTION CO. 



NORTH TONAWANDA, N. Y. 



1 W. 47th Street, New York Harrison Building, Philadelphia 



307 North Irving Avenue, Scranton, Pa. 



STRONG, durable com- 

 mercial houses in which 

 you will find the same atten- 

 tion to detail which we give 

 to our private estate work 

 plus a construction that 

 casts the least possible 

 shadow. 



If you want to grow more 

 firsts and make more profit, 

 you want a KING. 



local shipyard official. Wedding busi- 

 ness has shown an increase over that of 

 a year ago. 



William Goldsbary, of Kennoy's 

 Home of Flowers, has returned from a 

 week's business trip to Vancouver, B. 

 C, where he purchased a carload of 

 palms. He reports stock in that market 

 as plentiful. 



McCoy's have been handling large 

 quantities of Spanish iris and peonies 

 in the deeper shades of late. Fred 

 Rowe reports business as* good for the 

 summer months. Pansies of the darker 

 colors are being used extensively in 

 corsages. 



Canterbury bells proved popular 

 with the Burns Floral Co. last week and 

 it reports a good demand for potted 

 fuchsias in the larger sizes. Water 

 lilies from the Hollow lake growers are 

 being featured extensively in window 

 displays. H. M. 



Omaha, Neb. — A wedding of wide in- 

 terest in the trade occurred here June 

 30. The contracting parties were W. T. 

 Usinger, of Pittsburgh, and Miss Sara 

 Cole, of this city. They made their 

 acquaintance in France and are plan- 

 ning to go to Paris next month for an 

 indefinite stay. 



Cedar Eapids, la. — Charles F. Billau 

 reports that the' peony season here was 

 quite short this year, not a bloom ar- 

 riving in time for Memorial day, but 

 hundreds of them a few days later. 

 Then there was a week or two of ter- 

 rific hot weather, that nearly cooked 

 the flowers. The blooming season cov- 

 ered from twelve to fourteen days. 



An Elastic Cement That Expands 

 and Contracts With the Weather 



Make your greenhouse weather-tight with Asbeatfalt. 

 the elastic cement that never gets hard, cracks or 

 peels in cold weather or runs in hot weather. 



S1J25 per gallon. Why pay more? 

 You can't get anything better no matter how much 

 more you pay. The ingredients are of the purest; 

 weighs but 10 pounds to the gallon. 



With the scarcity of coal and its high prices, the 

 careful application of Asbestfalt will more than pay 

 for itself by keeping your greenhouse air-tight. 



To insure best results, apply Asbestfalt 

 with our Liauid Putty Machine, price 

 $2.00. With every barrel purchase of 

 Asbestfalt, one machine free. 



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1299-1323 FLUSHING AVENUE, 



BROOKLYN. NEW YORK 



Mention The Berlew when yon write. 



PECKY CYPRESS 



WE ARE SPECIALISTS 



We were practically the first to sell to this trade, and guarantee perfect .satis- 

 faction and rock-bottom prices. Get the value of our lone experience. 

 PECKY CYPRESS, because of its durability, is the only wood now being 

 used for greenhouse benches. Will ship in any quantity, carload or less. 



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